The last cutters of reeds

In south of France, in a place called « Small  », they are only a few to go on cuting reeds by hand. In the swamps of Vauvert and Gallician, cutting « sagne » – provençal word for reeds – is an old tradition. But this seven hundred years old tradition, little profitable, is in process of disappearance. We’ve met the last cutters of reeds, the «  ».

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